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I think it clearly sends a message - intended or not - that certain activities are girl-like and others are boy-like and that a "tomboy" is acting like a boy, rather than a non-doll playing, sports-loving, and/or tree - climbing girl. rock doctor: Your paleontologist Barbie is probably a collector's item!

Space Camp Barbie Peggy 2008

These incidents, along with the acceptance by Republicans of guns near the President, and their ultimate refusal to support sanctions against Rep. Wilson for his crude, frat boy-like breach of protocol, represent just a narrow snapshot of the unusual degree of pettiness brought to bear on Obama.

POST-RACIAL DIVIDE 2009

So, "boy-like" learning preferences for some girls may not be a disadvantage but instead an individual characteristic that is nurtured in an all-girl environment.

Virginia school separates students by gender 2009

Jeremy had a speech delay and was very boy-like when he was younger.

Engaging the World elena maria vidal 2009

Michal Daniel Adriana Zabala displays a boy-like flair as the puppet.

Recession Isn't Pulling the Strings 2009

So in other words, now that our educational policies have successfully skewed secondary educational success and college applications and admissions towards girls at the expense of boys, schools are looking for boy-like girls to fill the gap.

The Volokh Conspiracy » What Kinds of Girls Are Upper Tier Colleges Looking For? 2009

As Pinocchio, mezzo Adriana Zabala demonstrated tremendous stamina and boy-like flair; she made his alternation of foolish behavior and abject remorse seem perfectly credible.

Recession Isn't Pulling the Strings 2009

Why a realistic and intelligent interest in self-preservation qualifies as "boy-like" I don't know and I shudder to speculate.

April 8th, 2005 2005

As a woman of seriously boy-like proportions, I had no idea how she walked around with all that stuff.

INVITATION ONLY KATE BRIAN 2006

As a woman of seriously boy-like proportions, I had no idea how she walked around with all that stuff.

INVITATION ONLY KATE BRIAN 2006